Race in Therapy with Kimberly-Anne Evans

Hello and welcome to the Business of Psychology podcast. Today I'm really excited to be joined by Kimberley-Anne Evans from Kaemotherapy. Kimberley is a psychotherapist, public speaker, coach, and founder of Kaemotherapy, which specialises in helping mental health professionals in private practice, organisations and educational settings to develop practical skills to work with a racially diverse range of clients and grow their businesses.

Full show notes and a transcript of this episode are available at The Business of Psychology

Links & References:

Start & Grow: The Complete Course for Psychologists and Therapists - Psychology Business School

Links for Kim:

Website: www.kaemotherapy.com

Email: admin@kaemotherapy.com

Instagram: @Kaemotherapy

LinkedIn: Kimberly-Anne Evans

Rosie on Instagram:

@rosiegilderthorp

@thepregnancypsychologist

The highlights

• Kim tells us who she is and what she does through Kaemotherapy 00:25
• Kim talks about the drivers behind the racial inequality that we're still seeing in mental health and mental health care in this country 02:10
• We discuss the Race Workshops that Kaemotherapy run 08:31
• I ask Kim for her perspective on initiatives that are put in place to try and better serve users of colour and to bring more diversity into the staff teams 12:07
• Kim talks about what catalysed her to start doing something herself, with Kaemotherapy 18:42
• Kim tells us why, as a clinician, she wasn’t always confident to bring race into the room with her clients 21:54
• I ask Kim if she always had a bit of an entrepreneurial activist spirit 26:42
• Kim talks about her plans for Kaemotherapy 29:15
• Kim tells us how we can get support from her if we want to bring race into therapy more 34:57

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